Tool handle fastener



July 2, 1940.

R. JACKSON 2,206,255 TOOL HANDLE FASTENER I Filed March 10, 1939 2 Sheets-$heet 1 F .2.

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TOOL HANDLE FASTENER Filed March 10, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor amgw A tiorneys;

50 and the hook I is then en a ed Wit the other scribed with reference to the fastener as applied 50 .65 the pick handle III, will serve to prevent the pick on the handle 22 against slippage. 55

patented July 2, i940 l g i 2,206,255

r UNITED STATES 2,206,255

TOOL HANDLE FASTENER, 1 Ray JacksonpRhinelander, Application March 10, 1939, Serial No. 261,057"

1 6 Claims. (eras -32.) i f U M This invention relates to .nieans for securing head from loosening and working down on the a handle to a tool, particularly where the ham handle II], which latter is objectionablebecause dle is provided with a wedge shaped or tapered of the injury often done to the hands {of the end portion such as is found in pick handles. person gripping the handle I when using the The object of the invention is to provide a pick. ill 5 fastener of i this character which is extremely In the form of the invention shown in Figures simple "in construction and can be readily applied 6 to 9 inclusive the fastener is also formed from to the tool as and for the purpose specified. a single length of Wire bent to providean elon- The invention together with its objects and gated shank 1'2 that at one endhas an integral advantages will be best understood from a study angularly disposed hook l3, the bill of which hook it? i of the following description taken in connection extends at right angles and laterally to the plane with the accompanying drawings whereinof the shank l2. At the opposite end thereof the Figure l is a side elevational view illustrating shankl2 is offset as at M and then continues v the application of the invention to a pick hanlongitudinallyas at I5. dle. In Figures 6 and 7 Ihave shown thefastener Figure 2 is a front elevational view illustrat- (illustrated in Figure 8) as applied to a mattock ing the invention as applied to a pick handle. or similar hand tool, and which latter includes Figure 3 is aperspective view of the fastener. a handle l6 which, like a pick handle, has a i Figures 4 and 5are sectional views taken s-ubtapered end portion I7 that is received within the H ,stantially on the lines 4-4 and 5--5 respectively, tapered bore of the socket or eye of the head l8 ofFig. 1'. of the mattock, the latter also including a hoe Figure 6 is a front elevational view illustrating blade l9 and a cutting blade 20. In applying the the application of theinvention to a mattock fastener to the mattock the hook l3 of the fas or similar hand tool. i tener is engaged with the cutting blade 20 and Figure "lis a side elevational view of th the shank extended diagonally over the tapered Q5 structure shown inFigure 6 with parts broken and of the handle lfi, while-the offset I4 of away and shown in section. the shank is passed rearwardly through an open- Figure 8 is a perspective View of the fastener ing 2| provided therefor in the hoe blade l9, the illustrated in Figures 6, '7 and 9, and terminal l5 at said offset end engaging against 3 Figure 9 is a view illustrating the application the rear face of the blade as clearly shown in of the invention to a hoe, with certain parts of the Figure 7. Thusthe shank portion i2, of the fashoe blade broken away and shown in section. tener is held under tension so that the fastener Referring more in detail to the drawings, and acts to maintain the head of the tool on the hanparticularly to Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, it will be dle against slippage in substantially the same seen that the fastener, as provided particularly manner as the fastener shown in Figure 1 acts 85 for application to a pick is formed from a single. to retain the pick head on the handle ID of the length of wire or other suitable material bent and pick.

shaped to provide a resilient shank 5 having in- In applying the fastener shown in Figure8 to tegral therewith, and at one end thereof an ana grub hoe or sloper as shown in Figure 9 the gularly disposed eye or loop 6 that is substanhook l3 of the fastener is engaged with the tially rectangular in cross section, and at the handle 22 of the tool behind the tool head 23.

opposite end thereof an integral hook 1 the bill The shank I2 is then bent into substantially L- portion of which extends laterally in a direction shaped form so as to extend diagonally across opposite to the direction in which the loop 6 ex the free end ofthe tapered terminal of the hantends a ly from the shank. dle 22 and the ofiset I4 then passed through the In us n t e fast r t eye 6 s sl v d nt opening 24 provided therefor in the blade 25 of one blade 8 of the pick head 9 so that the shank t grub hoe or sloper, th th terminal 5 5 extends diago ally across the t r d end of gaging against the rear face of the blade 25 in the Pi handle l0 flexing gitudinal y as show substantially the same manner as shown and deblade ll of the pick head. to the hoe shown in Figures 6 and '7.

It will be readily appreciated that with the Thus it will be seen that with the fastener fastener so applied to the pick and engaging the applied, as shown in Figure 9, to the grub hoe or blades of the pick head and the tapered end of sloper the head of such tool will be maintained 1. In a pick, a handle having an enlarged tapered end, a pick head embodying a tapered socket formed thereon and receiving the tapered end of the handle, and a fastener comprising a resilient shank member disposed diagonally across the tapered end of said handle at the extremity of the latter, said shank at one end thereof be ing provided Witha laterally disposed loop sleeved on one blade of the pick, and at an opposite end thereof with a hook engaging the other blade of the pick. n

2. A mattock including a handle having an enlarged tapered end, a tool head having a tapered socket formed thereon and receiving the tapered end of said handle, a cutting blade extending from one side of the socket and a hoe blade extending from the opposite side of the socket, and a fastener comprising a resilient shank disposed diagonally across the tapered end of said handle and providedat one end with a hook engaging the cutting blade, and at an opposite end thereof with an offset engaging an aperture provided therefor in the hoe blade of the mattock.

3. A grub hoe including a handle having an enlarged tapered end, and a blade embodying a head having a tapered socket formed thereon named arm of said shank being provided with a hook engaging said handle, and at the free end of the second-named arm of said shank having an angular terminal engaging in an aperture in said blade, as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a tool comprising a handle member and a head member, a fastener for holding the head member to the handle member comprising an elongated rod-like member of flexible metal having an intermediate portion passing across the rear end of the handle member and hook portions at the ends of the rod-like member, one of which detachabl engages a part of the head member and the other of which detachably engagesa part of one of the members of the tool.

5. A device for holding the head of a tool on the handle of a tool comprising an elongated member bent to provide a hook and the other end of the rod-like member being bent to provide a closed loop which extends in an opposite direction from the free limb of the L-shaped part.

6. In a tool comprising a handle member and a head member having an eye part for receiving an end of the handle member with a part extending from the eye part, a fastener for holddiate portion passing across the rear end of 5 the handle member and a part extending over a portion of that part of the head member which projects from the eye part, said rod-like member having a bent end for detachably engaging a portion of that part of the head member Which extends from the eye part and the other end. of the rod-like member having a bent portion for detachably engaging a part of one of the members of the tool.

' RAY JACKSON 

